Hello Americans
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- 2016-12-23
HELLO AMERICANS
Hello Americans was a 12 episode show Orson Welles made as another contribution to the war effort, and stems in part from his interest in Latin and South American culture. It was no doubt spurred by his time in Brazil working on the movie It's All True. The show is a generally lighthearted affair, and Welles clearly seems to enjoy himself. The first episode in particular, with Carmen Miranda, is a prime example of this.
Hello Americans did have some more serious moments, and despite some lapses into melodramatics, most were carried off reasonably well. The show is peppered with numerous editorial insertions, pertaining mainly to racism, although the odd barb against fascism pops up now and again. What is perhaps most worthwhile about the show is its portrayal of Central and South America countries as full of interesting history and people, with little condescension.
From wellesnet.com
OTRR Release Information:
Series Name: Hello Americans
Release Status: OTRR Certified Complete
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Release Version: Version 2
Number of CDs: 1NOTE: Updated Release! Version 2: edited titles; added certification documents; fixed tags; edited show description; edited audio brief; updated CD artwork; deleted logs; renamed folders (07-Dec-2016).
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- Addeddate
- 2007-05-29 05:11:54
- Boxid
- OL100020404
- Identifier
- OTRR_Certified_Hello_Americans
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Reviewer:
LarryMac
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November 1, 2011
Subject: Collection Now Labeled Correctly
Subject: Collection Now Labeled Correctly
Great program made by Orson Welles. The idea that America stretches from the tip of South America to the polar regions of Canada is cool to me and was the point off the WW2 program.
Reviewer:
fooziex
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February 5, 2011
Subject: Tagging issue
Subject: Tagging issue
These episodes appear to be partly mislabeled. They have the "artist name" tag of "Wake up America" instead of "Hello Americans" and the episode (track) titles appear to be from another series.